(1):
(v. t.) To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern.
(2):
(v. i.) To keep one's self from action or interference; to hold aloof; to forbear; to abstain.
(3):
(v.) The burden of a song; a phrase or verse which recurs at the end of each of the separate stanzas or divisions of a poetic composition.
(4):
(v. t.) To abstain from